Re: XForms: Picture for Input Objects

Steve Lamont (spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu)
Mon, 6 Apr 98 14:10:27 PDT

# To subscribers of the xforms list from spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont) :

> I am wondering what is the best way to implement "Picture" formatting on
> input objects.
> For Example:
> - Telephone numbers "(##)####-####"
> - Part numbers "AAA-####-####"
> - Names to uppercase "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

I think you'll need to download the ANSI COBOL version of XForms. :-)
[Yes, I'm joking]

> Is there any way of registering new formats?

Not as such.

The best way to do it is probably with an input filter.

spl
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